Experts & Staff
WRI’s experts are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, climate, economics, finance, governance and more. Our more than 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Hanna Abate
Program Coordinator, Managing for Results
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Zablon Adane
Water Program Associate, WRI Africa
Alemayehu Agizew
GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Anna Amato
Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results
Ettore Arpini
Director for Strategy and Impact, WRI Brasil
Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mulubrhan Balehegn
Agriculture and Climate Research Associate II
Sandra Baltazar
Digital Communications Coordinator, WRI México
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Amanda Barreto Salgueiro
Project Specialist II, Restoration Finance
Francesca Battistelli
Associate III, Water Security & Nature-Based Solutions
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Willy Carlsen
Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Bethel Elias Dadebo
Grants and Finance Specialist, WRI Africa
Francisco Gandolfi de Tulio
Senior Climate Action Researcher
Berhanu Desta
Global Accounting Director
Juliana Duran Prieto
Climate Project Coordinator, WRI Colombia
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Florença Fantinel
UX/UI Design Lead, Data Lab
Beakal Fasil
Communications and Engagement Specialist, The New Climate Economy, WRI Africa
Viviane Filippi
EU Funding Manager
Nicole Fragano
Associate for Strategy and Management
Libby Gladding
Operations Manager, CAEP, NDC Partnership
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Manager, Research & Corporate Partnerships, WRI Polsky Energy Center
Jiregna Hirpa
Transport Planner, WRI Africa
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anjali Koppala
Project Communications Manager, WRI India
David Bronzwaig Kravzov
Green Finance Coordinator, WRI Mexico
Laura Malaguzzi Valeri
Deputy to Vice President of Research, Data and Innovation
Teresa Meira
Senior Climate Action Analyst, WRI Brasil
Andrea V. Mendez
Development Associate
Solomon Negusse
API Software Engineer, Data Lab
Alberto Pallecchi
Partnerships and Engagement Lead, WRI Europe
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Sudatta Ray
Technical Director, Global Clean Energy Economics, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
